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Eddie Redmayne at "The Danish Girl" premiere at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, September 12, 2015, in Toronto, Canada.

Eddie Redmayne is on a roll.

Not only is the Oscar winner already capturing awards season buzz for his performance as a transgender woman in Denmark in the 1920s in "The Danish Girl" (in theaters Nov. 27), but he's also currently shooting the Harry Potter prequel, "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them."

Redmayne admits he's feeling the pressure to live up to the the blockbuster franchise's legacy.

"The stakes are high because they were so good before," he told E! News Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of "The Danish Girl." "You don't want to screw it up."

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Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander in "Fantastic Beasts," which takes place in New York City 70 years before the Harry Potter movies. Directed by David Yates, the film is adapted from J.K. Rowling's 2001 book of the same name. The famed author actually published the tome under the pseudonym of Newt Scamander.

The movie is set to be released on Nov. 18, 2016. The cast also includes Colin Farrell and "Trainwreck" actor Ezra Miler.

"It's a complete privilege for me," Redmayne said. "I love J.K. Rowling. I love the Harry Potter films [and] books so for me this is just the most wondrous gift really."